Description
This creamy cinnamon orange tea sandwiches recipe is a sweet, elegant, and easy treat. With creamy orange filling, crunchy pecans, and fragrant cinnamon swirl bread, these sandwiches are perfect for tea parties, brunch, or any special occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 ounces (226g) cream cheese, softened
- 15–20 mandarin orange segments, drained (from a can)
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar (or more to taste)
- ¼ cup (30g) chopped pecans
- 1 loaf cinnamon swirl bread
Instructions
- Make the Filling: In a medium bowl, combine softened cream cheese, mandarin orange segments, brown sugar, and chopped pecans. Gently mash oranges and mix until creamy yet textured. Adjust sweetness to taste.
- Assemble the Sandwiches: Lay out cinnamon swirl bread slices. Spread filling evenly over half the slices and top with remaining slices to form sandwiches.
- Trim and Cut: Trim crusts if desired. Cut sandwiches into triangles, rectangles, or rounds.
- Serve: Arrange neatly on a platter. Garnish with mandarin segments or powdered sugar if desired. Serve immediately or refrigerate up to 4 hours before serving.
Notes
- For best texture: Let cream cheese come to room temperature before mixing.
- Drain oranges well: to avoid watery filling.
- Make ahead: Assemble and refrigerate up to 4 hours before serving.
- Nut-free option: Omit pecans or substitute with walnuts or almonds.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Snack
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 triangle
- Calories: 110
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 140mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 12g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 10mg